Central Idea of an Informational Text

How Did That Get Into My Lunchbox?

CENTRAL/MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS

Objective

• I am learning how to identify where the central idea is in the informational text using the text, "How Did That Get Into My Lunchbox?".

• THE CENTRAL IDEA IS THE SAME AS THE MAIN IDEA!

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Multiple Choice

What is the central idea of a text?

• What the text is least about

• What the text is mostly about

• I don't know

• When the text was written

Multiple Choice

Is the Central Idea and the Main Idea the same thing?

• No

• YES!

Multiple Choice

What are the details in the text?

• Details support the central idea in a text

• Central ideas support the details in a text

• Details are not important

Teacher Models

• What is the central idea of the section of bread?

• The central idea is how bread is made and gets into our lunchbox.

Teacher Models

What are the details that support your central idea?

Detail 1: Farmers grow the wheat.

Detail 2: The wheat is harvested.

Detail 3: The wheat is grounded up into flour.

Detail 4: The flower is mixed with sugar, water, and yeast to bake into bread.

Now lets try it together!

• What is the central idea of the cheese section?

• What are some details that support the central idea?

Multiple Choice

What is the central idea of the cheese section?

• The central idea of the text is how cheese is made and gets into our lunchbox.

• The central idea of the text is how cheese comes from cows.

• The central idea of the text is how cheese my my favorite food.

Multiple Choice

Which detail is NOT a supporting detail to the central idea?

• A farmer milked the cows, and a tanker from the dairy came to collect the milk.

• In the dairy, cheese makers warmed up the milk.

• Milk is an incredible source of calcium which is crucial for building and maintaining strong teeth and bones.

• They added rennet and it changed it into bits called curds.

Read the text carefully!

These next few questions will provide a passage and a question on central idea and details.

Multiple Choice

Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.

What is the central idea of the passage?

• Floods cause a lot of damage.

• Floods damage houses and roads.

• Floods cause mudslides.

Multiple Choice

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.

What is the central idea of the passage?

• They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.

• Soccer players learn how to dribble.

• They learn how to work together as teammates.

• Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

Multiple Choice

Frogs are amazing jumpers.

What supporting detail would go with the central idea?

• Frogs use their tongue to catch flies.

• A tadpole is the name of a young frog.

• Frogs have long, powerful legs which help them leap long distances.

• The Fire-belly Toad has slightly warty skin.

Multiple Choice

Octopuses have many different ways to hide themselves from predators.

What supporting detail would go with the central idea?

• Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms.

• Octopuses like to live in coral reefs.

• Octopuses use camouflage to disguise themselves.

• Octopuses move about by crawling or swimming.

Poll

How well did you understand the lesson on Central Idea and Details using informational text?